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    The House on Telegraph Hill

    1951 · Thriller · 1h 33m

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  1. House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 American film noir thriller directed by Robert Wise, starring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, and William Lundigan. The film received an Academy Award nomination for its art direction.

  2. With Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker. Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

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    • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
    • Robert Wise
    • 1951-06-11
  3. A Holocaust survivor assumes the identity of a dead friend to emigrate to America and inherit a fortune. She marries the trustee, but faces danger and suspicion from the housekeeper and the lawyer.

  4. Upon emerging from a Nazi death camp, Victoria Kowelska (Valentina Cortesa) takes the identity of a friend who died there. She travels to the United States where she meets her friend's son, Chris...

    • (428)
    • Robert Wise
    • Mystery & Thriller
    • Richard Basehart
  5. The imposing Victorian house on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, where Victoria Kowelska once thought she would find peace, is now up for sale. Victoria remembers how her story began, eleven years earlier in 1939, when the German army left her home near Warsaw, Poland in ruins: Her husband died in the siege, and Vicky became one of thousands ...

    • Robert Wise, Horace Hough, Anthony Jowitt
    • Richard Basehart
  6. Feb 3, 2020 · House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 American film noir directed by Robert Wise, and starring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, and William Lundigan. Fay Baker also stars in the film, which received an Academy Award nomination for its art direction.

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  8. Dec 12, 2023 · Set in its own modern day in the wake of World War II, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) merges elements of the female Gothic and film noir to present a gripping story about survival, deception, and maternal devotion with a rich subtext for viewers to ponder after the final scene closes.

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